Decision details

The Cabinet resolved to recommend the Assembly to:

(i)  Agree that the Council Tax Support (CTS) Reduction Scheme implemented for 2018/19 be retained for 2019/20, subject to the following minor amendments:

·  Treat Universal Credit Award Notifications as an Intention to Claim CTS providing that a valid claim form for CTS is made within a month of the decision to award Universal Credit.

·  Adopt a shortened claim form for the purposes of claiming CTS when Universal Credit has been awarded.

·  Accept Universal Credit as a “passported” benefit when claiming within a month of a new liability for CTS purposes.

·  Amend the capital threshold for CTS purposes to £10,000 for working age persons to align it with Pension Age capital limits.

·  Re-introduce backdate on CTS of up to four weeks, subject to good cause to align it with the Housing Benefit scheme.